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A IT XT JIMVN LKTTKK.The Iiilirniiiry Home of theFriendles4-M. Joseph IIonpilal Orplum Home floodIeeN and Kind Heart.May, 1 89 1.Dear Friends:There is not a trace of winterin our fresh green landscape,and naught but the springtimeof affectionate interest-in myheart for you and the good thatyou arc doing. Here, there, everywhere, is inserted the point ofthe truest lever that ever moveda world that of single-hearted,well-intentioned effort for. suffering men and women. Clean andwhite looms up theINFIRMARYwith its red brick annex allreadv for the interior adorning.Dav bv dav the sick and wounded are carried in. Day by daythe White Cross nurses go outto the sick beds of those whocannot come in. A pleasant feature in the management is theinvitation to the families of ministers of the gospel to come andbe healed without money andwithout price. " It is not all oflife to live, nor all of death todie." And the nurses may go tothese families free of charge.DONATIONS.The Bible Society sent six Bibles. Air. Johns, the druggist,who has shown such substantialinterest from the first, sent acomplimentary ticket for twenty-fourglasses of soda water, agift doubly acceptable in thesudden rush of hot weatherwhile yet the body was swathedin winter flannel. The PhoenixHotel has been munificent incontributions. The list reads,three venison roasts, lamb roast,and three roasts of mutton.The daily Transcript and Pressgive the world's doings to thesecluded band. Mrs. Sara Allensent sweet milk and buttermilktwice, and four glasses of jellyShe also gave a vine for the newbuilding and two plants. Ladiesof the Charity ball sent icecream and a collection of dishes26 coffee-cups, 1 saucer, 5plates, 2 dishes, 5 fruit saucers.Mrs. Maria Dudley sent breadand jelly and the Churchman.Mrs. Johnson sent a sack of fruit.Mrs. Virginia Gorton gave twonumbers of the Churchman.Mrs. Spottswood sent two largebuckets of cucumber pickles, a ;relish so necessary to the table.Mrs. Daniel Swigert's gifts thismonth have been costly and generous. She gave a walnut center table with marble top, onewalnut washstand and two Brussels rugs. Now is the time forgifts of furniture, as nine new,sweet, fresh rooms stand readyto be clothed. Mrs. Dr. Talbottsent a large "tray of beautifulroses, lilies and sniilax. Bell,the florist, made his monthly donation of exquisite flowers ingreat variety.Several donors of bundles .ofpapers are not recorded byname,yet these are most useful contributions for reading and for household uses. Miss Virginia Johnssent light rolls and flowers. Mrs.Simonds gave asparagus, thatrefreshing bit of an early springmenu.CASH CONTRII5UTIO X S .From the Charity ball theamount was $952.25, and thisgenerous sum will 110 doubt beincrease to $1,000 by severalfriends of the Infirmary. Mr. jHenry Read sent in $100. One !of the most touching gifts wasthe donation of the lot adjoining the Infirmary by Mrs. MariaDudley, in loving memory of herhusband, who was one of Kentucky's first citizens and surgeons.Tim HOME OK THE FRIENDLESS.How clean and spotless waseverything about the old ladiesat my last visit ! Aunt Patsvand Mother Steele sat with foldedhauds because there were nomore rags to sew, and oh, howthey chafed at the enforced idleness! "Who is this?" I asked,bending over the blind face. " Iknow you," she said, " I alwaysknow your voice;" and shecalled my name and bade mewelcome. Aunt Patsy claspedboth my hands when I told herthat Mrs. Fitzhugh, a kind ladywho never failed to send theright things to the right place,would send her some rags. "Yes,Aunt Patsy, she read about youin the Record, and she has abag full." " That's right. Tellher to send 'em along. Mrs.Winston and Mrs. Felix sent thelast. You know I must havedifferent colors. I can't windup all -of a kind in one place. Ittakes a pound and a half to theyard and forty yards to a carpet."When I moved away she said," Come again, come every week."MOTHER CRONLEIOIIwas in the next room, and atlast she acknowledges that thefoot is no better. I used all thearguments I knew to convinceher the diseased bone must comeout, and truly seemed willing.Gentle, inoffensive, child-likeMother Cronleigh ! Several others were shaking my hands, andnow Aunt Amy appeared at thedoor of the clean, shining kitchen and said, "The sight of youis good for the sore eyes," whilein her rear loomed up two moresmiling faces. Pardon me, friends,if I tell of these pleasant visits,where merely a smile and acheerful word win such gratitude.Poor, bad, curly-coated Flip hadto be given away. I lis mannersdid not improve, and he had 110respect for his motherly friends,so he was sent to a house of correction. The old ladies werewithout pets this time. Dickwas dead, Flip disgraced, andBiddy farming out with heryoung brood, who threatened tomake havoc of Matron Mary'slovely flowers. And her flowersthis season arc going to be unusually luxuriant. The beds andwalks of the little garden are allweeded and clean, and the richsoil is ready for bloom.AT ST. JOSEPH'S HOSPITALthere about 150 patients, andsome of them are, oh ! so in firm,so hopelessly afflicted ! Upstairsare the large, airy rooms for thepay patients. The lower wardsare open to visitors. In that formen there were four deaths recently. In the colored wardsthere is an olive-skinned, brighteyed boy, who was found in anegro cabin, his lower limbs actually gangreened from neglect.Both legs were to be amputatedbelow the knee, and the littlefellow sat in his pure whitewrapper, with a friendly sheetscreening the diseased members,and anxiously awaited the oper-ation so eacr was he to Set ridof "the body of this death."Doubtless he will not survive theordeal, for he is fearfully wasted.Sister Euphrasia, one of God'sministering earth angels, patiently escorted us through the institution, explaining and describingwith rare intelligence. Her injured hand (from her fall lastyear) does not regain its usefulness, but it is a genuine pleasureto look into her face and beholdthe good that is written there.Tine orphan's homeShows the late repairs, andgleams bright and inviting in thecrisp April air. Good MotherAlbreclit was full of talk abouther children. She had dischargedher alien cook, who required suchunceasing surveillance, and hadone of her eldest girls cookingfor a salary. " So much better,"she said, and I thought so, too.Reading about a pie party to begiven at Lancaster for the benefitof the Presbyterian church, whereshe was for years a member,Mother Albreclit sent one dollaras her mite. She laughed whenshe got two nice pies by express,a return she did not expect. Assistant Matron Mayfield sent ussuch an eloquent letter that weregret we cannot publish it all;but our short columns will nottell the half we should like :"Dear Record Spring hascome, and as our little children march two and two toschool in their new suits theylook fresh and happy. Everything is prospering with us. Fourhave been added to our number,and one has returned to her kinsfolk. All through the winterourband has been unbroken by deathor illness, and I pray it may remain so." Time never hangs heavily.Our days 'arc filled with work,and our evenings are spent inreading from the Youth's Companion and books contributed byfriends, or in telling stories calculated to implant a moral tone.Let me give you a little incident.A week ago one of our little girlswas sent to the post-office forstamps, when she saw a mandrop a bill from his purse. Picking it up, she hastened to restoreit. He took it, and only said,"Thanks;" but it shows thespirit of honesty. We teachthem, " Thou, God, secst me." You will be pleased to knowwe have a vegetable garden anda flower garden, too. The children delight in working these,and are longing for vacation toget at it. Our venerable mother,now seventy-one, loves flowerswith a passion, and the litle onestake pride in bringing bunchesto her." And here the writerindulges in a beautiful eulogy ofMother Albreclit. Ed. "Wehave received a valuable gift inthe shape of a refrigerator fromour dear friend, Mr. EphraimSayre." She concludes with thefollowing list ofAPRIL DONATIONS.S. Bassett & Sons, a lot of bedroom slippers. Hector Hillenmeyer, fifteen trees. From J. T.Miller, a garden spade and rake.Louis Ramsey, a ham. HenryVogt, barrel of crackers and garden seeds. Mrs. Sara B. Cronly,$5.50 for decorating windows.Mrs. John Scott, a bundle of useful clothing. De Long Bros.,garden seeds. Airs. N.W. Muir,sack of potatoes. Sidney Clay,bushel of fine pop-corn. CaneRidge Church, a shoulder of meatand bottle of raspberry preserves.Electric Street Railway, a passfor the matron to ride. JohnLell, twenty-four loaves of bread.Mrs. Simonds, twenty-five loavesof bread and lot of rolls. Lexington Ice Co. and Hercules IceCo., ice for the month. DailyTranscript, Press and Leader.Lindsay 6c Nugent, yeast forhome bread.Now, friends, if you have gonewith me thus far, your heart isalive to the good that is beingdone in your midst, and some ofyou may exclaim with the colored woman, to whom Mrs. Winston gave the Record to read," Well, I had no idea the peopleof Lexington were doing so muchfor the sick and needy."In love and fellowship,Aunt Jean.For Charity.Among the forty merchantswho so generously paid for advertising space in The Record,Mr. J. Jones, the jeweler, took asection with the words, "ForCharity and Nothing lvlse." Nomention of his wares only thisand nothing more.